Welcome, Brennies!
Please scroll down for a list of academic resources including the course schedule, student handbook, forms and petitions, and more. As always, Bren School staff are here to help if you can't find what you're looking for or if have any questions along the way (academics@bren.ucsb.edu).
UCSB Resources
BREN GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK
CLASS SCHEDULE
Winter 2025
Spring 2025 ~ Coming soon!
For course descriptions, please visit the Courses pages (MESM, MEDS, PhD). If you have any questions about registration, please contact us at academics@bren.ucsb.edu.
COURSE PLANNING
- Curriculum Plan 2024-2025
- MyPlan Login
- 5-Year Annual History of Special Topics Courses
- 5-Year Annual History of Course Offerings
- Prerequisite Guide
- MESM Specializations
- Quantitative Course Listings and Qualitative Course Listings across campus (Maintained by current students)
- UCSB Final Exam Schedule
ACADEMIC FORMS AND PETITIONS
Bren Forms and Petitions
- ESM 596 Petition for Masters Students (View PDF here)
- Bren School Petition (View PDF here)
- Graduation Deferral Request Form (View PDF here)
- PhD Annual Review Pre-Candidacy
- PhD Annual Review Post-Candidacy
- Instructions for submitting Annual Review Form
- PhD Written Exam Form (View PDF here)*
- PhD Form 1 - Justification of PhD Committee Members (View PDF here)
- PhD Form 1A - Justification of Proposed Changes to PhD Committee Members (View PDF here)
*Students who receive a "Conditional Pass" should complete the Written Exam Form when conditions have been met.
Graduate Division Forms and Petitions
MASTER'S PROJECTS
Group Projects
- MESM 2025 - REVISED Group Project Guidelines
- MESM 2025 - Fall 2024 Peer & Self Evaluation Form
- MESM 2026 - Group Project Proposal Rubric
- MESM 2026 - Group Project Guidelines
Eco-E Projects
- MESM 2025 - Eco-E Guidelines
- 2025-2026 Eco-E Project RFP
- 2025-2026 Eco-E Project Proposal Guidelines
Capstone Projects
Specialization Advisors
Graduate Advisor
Satie Airamé
Coastal Resources Management (CMRM)
Ben Halpern (Class of 2024)
Chris Costello (Class of 2025)
Conservation Planning (CP)
Ashley Larsen (Class of 2024) - Sabbatical in S23
Bruce Kendall (Class of 2025)
Business and Sustainability (BAS)
Eric Masanet (Class of 2024)
Matt Potoski (Class of 2025)
Environmental Policy (EP)
Andrew Plantinga (Class of 2024)
Sarah Anderson (Class of 2025)
Energy and Climate (EC)
Ranjit Deshmukh (Class of 2024)
TBD (Class of 2025)
Pollution Prevention and Remediation (PPR)
Roland Geyer (Class of 2024)
Patricia Holden (Class of 2025)
Water Resources Management (WRM)
Arturo Keller (Class of 2024)
Scott Jasechko (Class of 2025)
Innovation Focus Advisor
Emily Cotter
Economics and Environmental Science (EES) PhD Emphasis
Chris Costello, Faculty Advisor
Interdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society
Kelly Caylor, Faculty Advisor